Emmanuel Macron had indicated from the start of the first five-year term that he intended to break with the traditional presidential interview of July 14… And he almost kept his promise.
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This July 14, after 2020, it will only be the second time that he will lend himself to the exercise to which his predecessors at the Elysée were subject each year. And rComing to this tradition in a particularly troubled and uncertain time is symbolic: le sign of a certain permanence. VSOf course, this will also allow Emmanuel Macron to scan many subjects and try to answer the questions that the French are asking themselves.
This is a speech all the more expected since, since the legislative elections, Emmanuel Macron, in terms of domestic policy, has been relatively discreet. IIt is today almost a comeback for Emmanuel Macron. Domestically, in recent weeks, the president had chosen to remain in the background. Remember: he intervened on Wednesday June 22, three days after the second round of the legislative elections. During a short solemn address, he had taken note of the relative majority but without giving the instructions for use, rsomehow shifting the burden of proof to the opposition.
And then, on the sidelines of a trip to Isère, he very strongly defended his role as Minister of the Economy in the Uber Files affair. But by choosing a shock quote from Jacques Chirac, which he had never uttered in public, Emmanuel Macron wanted to end the controversy without really explaining himself. Two interventions which therefore did not make it possible to understand where France is going in the coming months.
After what happened in the Assembly, that is to say the coalition of oppositions to stumble the government, Emmanuel Macron must reassure the French that the country is well governable. Soow does he see the return to school with very heavy construction sites that are going to open? Just started, the reform of pensions and unions which are already upwind. How will the negotiation take place and with what deadlines? Will the president take the risk also the risk of tightening the rules of compensation for the unemployed by launching a new reform of unemployment insurance?
Emmanuel Macron will also try to reassure the French economically and on purchasing power as inflation reaches peaks. And he will no doubt be questioned about the consequences of a possible closing of the gas tap by Russia. In a nutshell, while mistrust has settled in the country, Emmanuel Macron must show that he is still capable of protecting the French.